30in30 - Day 28

HB Eggs

I know - I already painted eggs, but these are hard-boiled ... a whole new challenge.

I took the tape off and then remembered that there was "HB" written in pencil on my egg.

Then I ate it ... not the pencil - the egg!

This was a painting using both brushes and palette knife, and pretty fun, I might add.

HB Eggy Weggs       8 x 6 inches      Oil on Arches Oil Paper

All I can say about Leslie's post today is, Christmas!? ... really? and then I think, well, it really isn't that far away.

Two more days ... I have something in mind for tomorrow, but for Tuesday ... ????

30in30 - Day 27

Butter Pear!

Persea americana 

 

That name describes this 'fruit' more than the real name, I think.

 

 There are some people who do not like the avocado, and I can think of one who is allergic, but I think most people love them.

 

 

 

Kind of fun to see the thumbnail sketch and then the charcoal sketch next to each other,

then the alcohol wash.

 

Butter Pear       6 x 8 inches       Oil on Arches Oil Paper

 

 

Over at Slices of Life

Leslie states she is not a landscape painter, but I might say otherwise.

 

Ok, gotta find 3 more things in the fridge to paint!

 

Happy painting! 

30in30 - Day 26

Kimchi

 It is the 26th day of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge 

with my personal theme of Stuff In My Refrigerator.

I made kimchi exactly a week ago, a really good healthy kind. No monosodium glutamate. No sugar except for fruit and we tried it last night because I had to open the jar so I could get a start on today's painting.

It is amazing! I love it!

You can see the difference here between the charcoal sketch (top) and the alcohol wash. It is really fun to do the wash ... kind of like watercolor!

Healthy Kimchi       8 x 6 inches       Oil on Arches Oil Paper

Leslie's post today is a palette knife painted pumpkin. Quite gorgeous. 

She has an average of 600 trick-or-treaters for Halloween! 

We do not get any because we live right smack on a busy highway 

and our community hosts a Halloween party for the kids so they don't have to go out 

(it more often than not is raining like crazy at the end of October). 

Leslie asks, "What are you doing for Halloween this year?" and truth be told, we will be in our hotel getting ready to fly to Kona on November 1!

Who else loves kimchi? Who else makes it?

Thank you for hanging in with me!

ps I have NO IDEA what I will find in the fridge to paint for tomorrow and the next 3 days!

30in30 - Day 25

Miso Master

Organic

Shiromiso is white miso and if you click the link, Wikipedia will tell you about it.

We love it and it is especially good when you don't feel well. We ran out of it a few weeks ago (it keeps a long time in the fridge) and had to run around yesterday to find it (while we were both feeling bad, btw ...)

 

Miso soup recipe

 

Miso Master, Organic!       8 x 6 inches       Oil on Arches Oil Paper

This painting was super fun, I loved painting the little "miso master guy" and I absolutely love the colors! ... and yes, I am feeling SO much better today! (but not because of miso ... I am on antibiotic)

 

Today, Leslie's Slices of Life blog reveals she loves to teach painting workshops. She has a very nice set-up and it would be fun to take one of her classes. Maybe one day!

I have neglected all this month (!) to mention that Leslie Saeta is the artist behind the Artists Helping Artists (AHA) podcast where she has a guest host, usually, and many art related topics are discussed; including artist interviews, what brushes are the best, which paints are good, blogging and websites and so much more! The shows are really fun to listen to while you paint and you learn so much!

So, all you artists out there, listen in!

and ... thank you so much for checking in to see my art!

30in30 - Day 24

Rrrradish

Radishes on Gray and Black       8 x 6 inches      Oil on Arches Oil Paper

So I painted this in the vertical, but I think it may go better like this:

What do you think?

Here is a shot of my palette on the taboret today:

Even though I am battling a bronchial infection (just got antibiotics today) - I wanted to paint. The urgency of posting every day made me do it, but actually I love to paint 

even when I don't feel good. 

The painting today, since I am under-the-weather, took about an hour. There is something to urgency and not spending too long laboring over a work. I like how this painting turned out (but it was really weird that it looks better in the horizontal).

Less than a week left in this challenge. Here is the link to the gal who is hosting.

Thanks for viewing my art!

30in30 - Day 23

Tomatillos

 

 

We love tomatillos in salsa and other sauces.

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Unbagged Husk Tomatoes       6 x 8 inches       Oil on Arches Oil Paper

Ohhh ... this is a late one. And I worked on it in a couple of sessions because I wasn't quite sure that I liked the light (turquoise) background. But I think it turned out ok.

At the Slices of Life blog, more slices! and be sure to find out the 23rd thing you don't know about Leslie.

 

Recipe for Tomatillo Salsa

from Chef John over at FoodWishes! Happy salsa making!

And thank you so much for checking in on the blog.

30in30 - Day 22

Allium

Got a good start on this one yesterday, so it didn't take too long to finish today.

This is where the painting ended last night ... and apparently, I really liked the way the 

shallots were turning out, so I wrote this note. 

(if you cannot see the note, it says 'do not touch the shallots')

... and I didn't!

Allium     8 x 6 inches      Oil on Arches Oil Paper

Meyer lemons are the

Slices of Life

that Ms. Saeta has on her easel today.

Enjoy allium every day!

30in30 - Day 21

Red Cabbage

Did you know?

 

Cole slaw made of red cabbage is slightly better for you than green cabbage cole slaw because of vitamins A, C and iron content in the red. 

However, green has more vit K.

But!

 

eating any kind of cabbage or cole family crop is good for you! 

Who doesn't like it? 

 

It lasts the longest in the vegetable drawer in the fridge! (good thing, for me) And there are so many ways to prepare - i.e. Bubble&Squeak, grilled, in fish tacos, stir fry, kimchi...

 

... but we seem to always end up making cole slaw cuz it is fast.

first, the sketch (I have a procedure that I just fall into now ... finally?)

charcoal, then alcohol wash

how it looks before tape comes off

 

 

Brassica oleracea       8 x 6 inches       Oil on Arches Oil Paper

 

 

I absolutely love Leslie's post today! 

 

My painting of red cabbage also was limited to just 5 pigments: Titanium White, Cad Yellow Light, Quinacridone Magenta, Alizarin Crimson, and Burnt Umber ... ummmm, there may have been a teensy dab of Payne's Gray.

So I should say 6.

I really loved painting this red cabbage - I like the way the core looks like a figure wailing, or something ...

Thank you for viewing!

30in30 - Day 20

Matcha Delight

Honesty, Quality & Authenticity

This matcha green tea powder from AOI Tea (those 'words to live by' are on the container) has been in my fridge for some time. 

I've been meaning to get it out and have some and today is the day!

Matcha Delight       6 x 8 inches      Oil on Arches Oil Paper

This Japanese matcha green tea is exactly those colors! Use the little bamboo spoon to dip 1 or 2 scoops of the powder into the tea bowl (in this case it is again a little ceramic bowl that I made). Add a bit of hot but not boiling water and whisk with the bamboo whisk 

until the tea gets foamy. Sip.

Leslie's blog today reveals that she loves Paris! I hope to find out if I will love Paris one day.

Whisking right along - this is the 20th painting of Stuff In My Fridge.

Update to this post (11/26/2019): Karl from BetterMindBodySoul emailed me today saying he happened to notice this post about matcha green tea, and the painting! From so long ago! Funny. Anyway,
I am putting that link from his site in here
because it is a really good talk about matcha tea.  Go have a look!

Thanks for sticking with me!

30in30 - Day 19

Eggs & Ceramic Bowl

Yikes, I am very late posting this, but it will still be on the 19th day of the challenge. 

And for those of you who forgot what my theme was ... it is "Stuff In My Refrigerator".

Everyone has painted or drawn eggs as an exercise: making an image look 3D, or not using line, working on value, shadows, etc. - yes? 

So, these were in my refrig. I love the little bowl. I made it a few years ago. It has the most beautiful lapis lazuli blue glaze inside that inspired the whole painting. 

  pencil sketch

charcoal sketch, then alcohol wash

Eggs & Ceramic Bowl      6 x 8 inches     Oil on Arches Oil Paper

 

Today Leslie's post was that she loves flea markets (her theme is '30 Things You Don't Know About Her').  I love to go to them as well, but there are no such things here in little Juneau. We have thrift/resale shops and garage sales - that's it.

Cheers and thanks for viewing my art!